Limelight CDN (Edgio)

About Limelight Networks

Limelight Networks was founded in 2001 in Tempe, Arizona as a provider of content delivery network services. Limelight Networks provides a content delivery network (CDN) service, used for delivery of digital media content and software. Limelight operates its own private network with more than 70+ terabits per second of global egress capacity. The network consists of dense clusters of specially configured servers in more than 130 delivery locations (points-of-presence) which are interconnected through the company’s global network and connected to more than 1000 Internet service provider (ISP) networks. Limelight caches web content for its customers in multiple delivery locations around the world, serving it to users from the fastest location. A private fiber network backbone between its delivery locations allows cache-fill traffic and dynamic content to bypass the public internet and improve the delivery speed of content. This architecture is managed by intelligent proprietary software that increases the speed of delivery with fewer cache misses and can scale to handle surges in end-user demand.

About this recipe

Limelight, now known as Edgio, provides a content delivery network (CDN) service used for delivery of digital media content and software. Their CDN provides the capacity, coverage, and performance to cost-effectively deliver a better experience. Web developers can build fast websites faster. Additionaly they offer a DNS service that delivers fast, accurate and secure query responses.